Nadi Pariksha
or Pulse diagnosis is described first among the Eight fold
examinationAshta Sthana Pariksha of Ayurveda since ages
ayurvedic physicians are known to diagnose the diseases solely on the
basis of the same, still now when a patient in India goes to an
ayurvedic doctor he simply extends his wrist to Vaidya and
expects to know diagnosis from him. During Mughal rule this art of
diagnosis was adopted by Hakims and traveled to Persia and became
very popular in Unani system of medicine also